Name: Russia's Most Beautiful Songs by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Brand: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
SKU: 5019396195325
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (119 reviews)

ALBUM

A nice collection of male choral works spanning the range from vaguely religious works (the choir appears to be sponsored in part by the Orthodox Church) to various odes and paeans to Russia. Mixed in are a few songs of folk origin as well. There are five to ten singers at any given time, and they are certainly skilled in their art. At the same time, soft poetry doesn't lend itself so well to the male choir. Some of the religious and historic chants work well in the format, but at the same time there are works that simply fail somewhat. The choir format leaves the emotion flat, which makes the songs doubly impenetrable if one doesn't speak Russian. For the church hymns, the album isn't too bad, but one should pick it up only if looking for the church end of affairs. ~ Adam Greenberg

1. On Flute I Play my Sad Verses

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Vasilii Kirillovich Trediakovsky; Main Performer
Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Composer: Anonymous; Composer
Lyricist: Vasilii Kirillovich Trediakovsky; Composer

2. Vivat Suite

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Primary Artist: Bible
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Composer: Anonymous; Composer
Lyricist: Bible; Composer

3. 3 Choruses from Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich: No. 2. Sacred Love

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Alexei Tolstoy
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Georgy Vasil'yevich Sviridov
Alexander Semyonov
Georgy Sviridov; Composer
Lyricist: Alexei Tolstoy; Composer

4. This is not a White Birch

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Sveshnikov; Composer

5. Hey, You, Wide Steppe

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Semyonov; Composer

6. The Little Cuckoo

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Sergey Zharov; Composer

7. A Winter Road, Op. 42, No. 2

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Alexander Pushkin
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin
A. Chmyryov
Vissarion Shebalin; Composer
Lyricist: Alexander Pushkin; Composer

8. The Waves are Sleepy

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Konstantin Romanov
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Cesar Cui; Composer
Lyricist: Konstantin Romanov; Composer

9. My Lovely Rowan Tree

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Semyonov; Composer

10. The Volga Boat Men

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Sveshnikov; Composer

11. The Legend of the 12 Robbers

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Nikolai Nekrasov
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Lyricist: Nikolai Nekrasov; Composer

12. Steppe, Endless Steppe

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Ivan Surikov
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Alexander Semyonov
S. Sadovsky; Composer
Lyricist: Ivan Surikov; Composer

13. The Lovely Night

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Semyonov; Composer

14. In a Dark Wood

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Sveshnikov; Composer

15. The Little Bell

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: Traditional
Alexander Semyonov; Composer

16. Dignity

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir
Traditional; Main Performer
Composer: I. V. Efimova
Anonymous; Composer
Lyricist: Traditional; Composer

17. Izhe Kheruvimi (Cherubic Hymn): No. 7 in D major

by St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir

Choir/chorus: St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Ensemble
Primary Artist: Dmitry Bortniansky
St. Petersburg Optina Pustyn Male Choir; Main Performer
Composer: Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky
Dmitry Bortniansky; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

17 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

53 minutes and 5 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 600x600 px

Booklet

Available in PDF format

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

No lyrics found

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

World, Worldwide

Label

ARC

Music Distribution Service

Naxos of America Inc.

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)
Russian

Popularity

Release Date

Sep 19, 2005

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

5019396195325

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Russia's Most Beautiful Songs